Quotes About Conflict

where Scotland and Mary Queen of Scots were concerned

Elizabeth and her chief adviser were repeatedly at loggerheads.

the Duke of Guise usurped his seat at dinner.

the Earl of Atholl's men and those of the Laird of Tullibardine cried out, "Burn the whore!

Henry II wanted to launch a counterattack, especially against England.

Amid this dynastic turmoil, sudden shock waves reverberated around Europe

England, Scotland and France, it was actually between England, the Lords of the Congregation and the Guises

was a slap in the face for Mary by her own side.

French troops had to evacuate Scotland

when he started for the fourth, Mary cut him off. In a clear and unwavering voice

Mr. Dean, I will not hear you. You have nothing to do with me, nor I with you.

Within a year, the cardinal's estimates were shown to be woefully inadequate, and Parois was up in arms.

playing a leading role in the Protestant revolution

forming the ideas that were to pit him so vehemently against Mary in later years.

Border skirmishes were the norm. Outright war was the exception

A set-piece battle would almost inevitably end in a crushing defeat for the Scots.

It was to taint the relationship of Mary and Elizabeth for the rest of their lives.

another the French triumph over the Spanish and papal forces at the battle of Ravenna in 1512.

The wars within the British Isles resumed under Henry VIII, who acceded to the English throne in 1509.

But war was the "sport of kings." And

In particular, he urged his sister to crush the Protestants, whom he regarded as political insurgents.

Philip II and the papacy, and therefore posed a greater threat to Elizabeth's "safety

than of a border skirmish that went tragically wrong.

less from Henry VIII's aggression than from James V's decision to launch a counterattack